District EventWednesday, January 25, 2012 Monthly Board Meeting in the LGI Site: DIST Start Time: 7:30 PM End Time: 9:30 PM
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Wanda
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Everyone come out to the Board meeting tonight for the New Student Spotlight segment that starts this month. The first 5 or 10 minutes of the Regular business meetings will be dedicated to our students to spotlight their accomplishments whether it be a team, individual, art project, poem, award acknowledgement etc the intention is to showcase new student/s each month. Since the meetings are videotaped the community will be able to see what is going on as well and we hope to encourage others to come out and attend the events the students may be showcasing like plays, concerts, etc. Meeting starts at 7:30pm and this months highlight will be on the students who belong to the FBLA group.
I remember seeing newly elected councill person Debbie Smith attending school board meetings pretty regularly to support her buddies from stay on track/stay on course.
When did we get students in the schools? After listening to Hellmann, Mihok, Radosti, Worob, Buckman, and Stout, I thought all we had were way-overpaid lazy administrators and super-way-overpaid lazy teachers giving away A+ grades to lazy Trenton kids shipped into Morrisville in the dead of the night.
This is a great addition. It's about time we had a school board that recognized that students are people too. Morrisville Matters!
The FBLA did a great job presenting their current activities and what the group has meant to them and then Mr. Harm presented certificates to those students with straight A's for the 1st marking period. Very proud moments for kids and parents so glad we could be a part of it. This will be a regular feature during the Business meetings for "Student Spotlight".
Meeting video with important prelim 12-13 budget presentation should be online by later today or tomorrow at mv.org under school board so the community can view the students spotlight and other important information re: the school district. The videos are also on the cable channel I do not have that schedule at this time. Thank you
The budget presentation was the same one given by Paul DeAngelo at the Jan. 4 Special Meeting, and is already on the district website. I started, but haven't finished yet, an abbreviated version of the budget breakdowns I've posted in years past, much to the delight of everyone, I'm sure.
I don't put too much stock in these preliminary budgets because they always seem a bit rough and things seem to change a lot between Jan. prelim. to May-June final.
From some of the things Mr. DeAngelo mentioned last night, I think this budget, even though it's currently showing a deficit of $810k, will balance without too much pain and drama this year.
By "some of the things Mr. DeAngelo mentioned last night", I mean:
1. State Revenue doesn't currently doesn't include any Homestead/Farmstead allocation, which in years past has been about $387k. If it comes in around $387k again this year, that’s 48% of the $810k deficit right there.
2. Tech School - the prelim. budget assumed a 5% increase in MSD's Tech School share over last year (from $939k to $986k). However, Mr. DeAngelo said that the preliminary estimate that came back from the Tech School was was comparable to the 2008-09 level, which was $626k. If the Tech share turns out to be $626k, that's another $360k (44%) of the deficit that would be erased. Yes, Virginia, there is a ... chance our Tech School share can go down, and the Tech School Funding Formula magically becomes our friend from time to time!
These 2 things alone might knock out $747k (92%) of the deficit.
After the budget presentation, Steve Worob had a rant about the PSERS/pension crisis and the filthy despicable union pandering (insert additional bad adjectives here) etc. etc. etc. politicians who made it all happen. I understand the basics of his rant. And it is a problem.
However, I wanted to point out that the origin of the crisis was legislation passed and signed into law on May 17, 2001 by … Governor Tom Ridge (R-PA). Also, one of the few local politicians still in office who voted YES for the legislation was … Charles T. "Chuck" McIlhinney, Jr. (now R-10th PA Senate District, then R-143rd PA House District).
FYI, below is the official voting on the PSERS bill (Act 9 of 2001). It passed the House 176-23, and the Senate 41-8, and was then signed into law by Gov. Ridge. I guess you could call it overwhelmingly bipartisan despicabiity.
In the House Referred to RULES, May 2, 2001 Reported as amended, May 8, 2001 House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House, May 8, 2001 (176-23)
In the Senate Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, May 8, 2001 Reported as committed, May 8, 2001 Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, May 8, 2001 (41-8)
Signed in House, May 8, 2001 Signed in Senate, May 8, 2001 In hands of the Governor, May 8, 2001 Last day for action, May 18, 2001 Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2001 Act No. 9
Unions are not the problem, it was the politicians trying to get their votes. Lets us not forget alot of residents of Morrisville are or were members of a union of one kind or another. Also lets us not forget, we were and "steel town" once. I wonder if some of those people who worked for the "mill" know how much some members left over members of the board are huge union haters
I always find it interesting when Steve Worob rants on about Unions considering he is in one. We won't hear him talking about his own pension plan. I would be interested to know if his own union reps know how he feels about the hands that help feed him.
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Everyone come out to the Board meeting tonight for the New Student Spotlight segment that starts this month. The first 5 or 10 minutes of the Regular business meetings will be dedicated to our students to spotlight their accomplishments whether it be a team, individual, art project, poem, award acknowledgement etc the intention is to showcase new student/s each month. Since the meetings are videotaped the community will be able to see what is going on as well and we hope to encourage others to come out and attend the events the students may be showcasing like plays, concerts, etc. Meeting starts at 7:30pm and this months highlight will be on the students who belong to the FBLA group.
Just curious, how many ex-SB members come to meetings? Any council members?
I remember seeing newly elected councill person Debbie Smith attending school board meetings pretty regularly to support her buddies from stay on track/stay on course.
When did we get students in the schools? After listening to Hellmann, Mihok, Radosti, Worob, Buckman, and Stout, I thought all we had were way-overpaid lazy administrators and super-way-overpaid lazy teachers giving away A+ grades to lazy Trenton kids shipped into Morrisville in the dead of the night.
This is a great addition. It's about time we had a school board that recognized that students are people too. Morrisville Matters!
Good stuff, Wanda!
So..... How'd it go? Anything of note?
The FBLA did a great job presenting their current activities and what the group has meant to them and then Mr. Harm presented certificates to those students with straight A's for the 1st marking period. Very proud moments for kids and parents so glad we could be a part of it. This will be a regular feature during the Business meetings for "Student Spotlight".
Meeting video with important prelim 12-13 budget presentation should be online by later today or tomorrow at mv.org under school board so the community can view the students spotlight and other important information re: the school district. The videos are also on the cable channel I do not have that schedule at this time. Thank you
Thanks Wanda.
The budget presentation was the same one given by Paul DeAngelo at the Jan. 4 Special Meeting, and is already on the district website. I started, but haven't finished yet, an abbreviated version of the budget breakdowns I've posted in years past, much to the delight of everyone, I'm sure.
I don't put too much stock in these preliminary budgets because they always seem a bit rough and things seem to change a lot between Jan. prelim. to May-June final.
From some of the things Mr. DeAngelo mentioned last night, I think this budget, even though it's currently showing a deficit of $810k, will balance without too much pain and drama this year.
By "some of the things Mr. DeAngelo mentioned last night", I mean:
1. State Revenue doesn't currently doesn't include any Homestead/Farmstead allocation, which in years past has been about $387k. If it comes in around $387k again this year, that’s 48% of the $810k deficit right there.
2. Tech School - the prelim. budget assumed a 5% increase in MSD's Tech School share over last year (from $939k to $986k). However, Mr. DeAngelo said that the preliminary estimate that came back from the Tech School was was comparable to the 2008-09 level, which was $626k. If the Tech share turns out to be $626k, that's another $360k (44%) of the deficit that would be erased. Yes, Virginia, there is a ... chance our Tech School share can go down, and the Tech School Funding Formula magically becomes our friend from time to time!
These 2 things alone might knock out $747k (92%) of the deficit.
After the budget presentation, Steve Worob had a rant about the PSERS/pension crisis and the filthy despicable union pandering (insert additional bad adjectives here) etc. etc. etc. politicians who made it all happen. I understand the basics of his rant. And it is a problem.
However, I wanted to point out that the origin of the crisis was legislation passed and signed into law on May 17, 2001 by … Governor Tom Ridge (R-PA). Also, one of the few local politicians still in office who voted YES for the legislation was … Charles T. "Chuck" McIlhinney, Jr. (now R-10th PA Senate District, then R-143rd PA House District).
Brenda Worob worked for McIlhenney.
Oh the irony!
FYI, below is the official voting on the PSERS bill (Act 9 of 2001). It passed the House 176-23, and the Senate 41-8, and was then signed into law by Gov. Ridge. I guess you could call it overwhelmingly bipartisan despicabiity.
In the House
Referred to RULES, May 2, 2001
Reported as amended, May 8, 2001
House concurred in Senate amendments, as amended by the House, May 8, 2001 (176-23)
In the Senate
Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, May 8, 2001
Reported as committed, May 8, 2001
Senate concurred in House amendments to Senate amendments, May 8, 2001 (41-8)
Signed in House, May 8, 2001
Signed in Senate, May 8, 2001
In hands of the Governor, May 8, 2001
Last day for action, May 18, 2001
Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2001
Act No. 9
Unions are not the problem, it was the politicians trying to get their votes. Lets us not forget alot of residents of Morrisville are or were members of a union of one kind or another. Also lets us not forget, we were and "steel town" once. I wonder if some of those people who worked for the "mill" know how much some members left over members of the board are huge union haters
I always find it interesting when Steve Worob rants on about Unions considering he is in one. We won't hear him talking about his own pension plan. I would be interested to know if his own union reps know how he feels about the hands that help feed him.
Not worth wasting much energy on it unless he wakes up and launches another Crusade.
He needs fodder for the sequel to his best-seller!!
Yardsign Hypocrisy: Why I Voted and Worked for the Corruption I Rant About
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